- Date
- December 10, 1970
- Place
- Winnsboro, LA · WINNSBORO, LA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2429RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158789
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1674 70/12/10 WINNSBORO,LA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 238 TIME - 1503 N2429R PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NEW ORLEANS,LA MUSKOGEE,OKLA TULSA,OKLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- L OUTER WG PANEL FAILED. HI CO SATURATION OF BOTH PAX UNDETERMINED. PLT CO CONTENT 8.7 PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2429R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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